SIX NATIONS COMPETE IN NEWPORT!
Wales once more will be hosting a 6 Nations Championship on the 12th of May with the arrival of some of the top Paralympic athletes from around the World arriving at the Wales National Velodrome for the Disability Grand Prix of Wales.
National squads from the Southern hemisphere Australia and New Zealand along with the might of the USA from across the pond to take on closure to home Germany, Ireland and the cream of Great Britain in one of the final International competitions before the Paralympics in Beijing this September.
Its not often Newport is host to no fewer than 6 World Champions who jointly hold between them over 30 Paralympic Medals and 5 World Records.
On the night with only 116 days to the Beijing Paralympics many of the athletes will be using this years Grand Prix for their final preparations. So riders will be looking to improve on their personal bests and in some cases impress the selectors enough to book there flights on the plane to China in September.
Grand Prix organiser Neil Smith commented, “ this is our 3rd Year of the “Grand Prix of Wales” and every year we increase the International Squads coming to the event it is great for Newport, Wales and more importantly the development of disability cycling across the Principality”.
The event on Monday 12th May, starts at 5pm with an evening of top International racing, entry is free, so come along to the Wales National Velodrome and see some of the best in the World battle it out and tell your friends during this years Paralympics that you saw them in Newport !
